Senate Committees:

79th General Assembly – Public Health, Welfare, Consumer Protection and Environment (vice chairman); Appropriations; Banks, Banking and Financial Institutions; Insurance; Municipal Corporations, Railroads and Private Corporations. 

80th General Assembly – Appropriations; Banks, Banking and Financial Institutions; Municipal Corporations, Railroads and Private Corporations; Public Health, Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Welfare, Medicaid and Consumer Protection (vice chairman); Urban Affairs and Housing (chairman). 

81st General Assembly – Municipal Corporations, Railroads, Private Corporations, Urban Affairs and Housing (chairman); Apportionment, Elections, Military and Veterans’ Affairs (vice chairman); Appropriations (vice chairman); Public Health, Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Welfare, Medicaid and Consumer Protection (vice chairman); Banks, Banking and Financial Institutions; State Fiscal Affairs; Gubernatorial Appointments; and Insurance. 

82nd General Assembly – Public Health, Mental Health, Welfare, Medicaid and Consumer Protection (chairman); Apportionment, Elections, Military and Veterans’ Affairs (vice chairman); Appropriations (vice chairman); Municipal Corporations, Railroads, Private Corporations, Urban Affairs and Housing (vice chairman); Banks, Banking and Financial Institutions; Fiscal Affairs (statutory); and Gubernatorial Appointments.

83rd General Assembly – Public Health and Welfare (chairman); Appropriations; Banking, Commerce and Tourism; Gubernatorial Appointments; State Lottery (statutory); and Urban Affairs and Industrial Development. 

84th General Assembly – Public Health and Welfare (chairman); Appropriations (vice chairman); Banking, Commerce and Tourism; Gubernatorial Appointments; and Urban Affairs and Industrial Development. 

85th General Assembly – Public Health and Welfare (chairman); Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions (chairman); Administration; Gubernatorial Appointments; State Budget Control; and Urban Affairs and Industrial Development. 

86th General Assembly – Public Health and Welfare (chairman); Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions (chairman); Administration; Apportionment; Gubernatorial Appointments; State Budget Control; and Urban Affairs and Industrial Development. 

87th General Assembly – Public Health and Welfare (chairman); Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions (chairman); Administration; Gubernatorial Appointments; Insurance and Housing; and State Budget Control. 

88th General Assembly – Public Health and Welfare (chairman); Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions (chairman); Administration; Gubernatorial Appointments; Insurance and Housing; and State Budget Control. 

89th General Assembly – Public Health and Welfare (chairman); Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence (vice chairman); Gubernatorial Appointments; Insurance and Housing; and State Budget Control.

J.B. “Jet” Banks served the people of the 5th District (part of St. Louis City). Born in Hermondale, he graduated from Lincoln University with Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Laws degrees, and received a Doctor of Humane Letter degree from Harris-Stowe State College. He worked in the mortgage banking industry as a real estate appraiser; as president of construction and real estate developing firms; as an insurance underwriter; real estate broker; and author. Senator Banks was elected to the House in 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1974. He was first elected to the Senate in 1976. In 1988, he was elected as the first African-American Majority Floor Leader, serving four terms in that position. (Democrat)

Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1999-2000